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Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu reiterated “We want peace… I want peace. We want to restart peace negotiations as soon as possible, without any obstacles.” during a meeting in Jerusalem with visiting Italian Prime Minister Enrico Letta,
Secretary of State John Kerry “I’m encouraged by the seriousness of purpose indicated by both teams. They are working hard. We all are. And we’re determined to get there, all of us.”
Chief of Staff Lt. Gen. Benny Gantz: “Syria is still bleeding, and in Lebanon the flames have started to creep up on Nasrallah. In front of a changing reality, we must be more prepared than ever.”
(source: Ynetnews)
Former Mossad Director, Meir Dagan: “it is in our interests that Assad should fall. It would weaken Hezbollah dramatically and damage Iran’s standing in the Mideast.”
(source: Ynetnews)
Foreign Secretary William Hague: “The answer, sooner or later, can only be a political solution, in which a transitional government is agreed in a settlement bringing peace and rights for all Syrians. That is what we hope for from a second Geneva Conference. Yet there will be no such solution if the regime believes they can destroy legitimate opposition by force. That places a duty on nations dedicated to international peace and security, to bolster that opposition, saving lives and promoting a transition in the process.”
(source: Israel Hayom)
Sima Shine, head of the Iran desk at Israel’s Ministry of Strategic Affairs: “If the Iranian leader decided today that he wants to build a bomb, and he will probably want more than one bomb … it will take him a few months to enrich uranium to weapon’s grade level. Then it would take a little while to create the bomb itself. The common presumption today is that [the entire process] will take him around a year and a half, assuming not too many things go wrong along the way.”